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Can Buffalo Ever Come Back? by Edward L. Glaeser, City Journal Autumn 2007

Blogged on: October 26, 2007, 11:27 pm
The 1920s were the last real growth period for Buffalo. During the thirties, the city’s population began to level off, and after its 1950 high of 580,000, it began to fall precipitously—down 50,000 people by the end of the decade. Buffalo’s worst de
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Gene Expression: 10 Questions for Greg Clark

Blogged on: August 30, 2007, 3:09 pm
While much of the discussion of Clark's book has focused on his "survival of the richest" hypothesis, Clark himself appears to be equally devoted to demolishing the widely-held view that economic institutions are the key to modern economic growth. He note
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culture | economics | geography | history | biology | growth | business

Stumbling and Mumbling: Geography, slavery and development

Blogged on: April 25, 2007, 9:07 am
There's a widespread view (pdf) that Africa's lack of economic development is due in part to unfavourable geography. However, a fascinating new paper (pdf) suggests this might be wrong, in at least one respect. Authors Nathan Nunn and Diego Puga looked at
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geography | history | economics | africa

Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: Economic History Seminar: April 16, 2007: American Suburbanization: White Flight and Middle-Class Flight

Blogged on: April 16, 2007, 10:03 pm
Talking about suburbanizaton as a feedback process: initial pulls to the suburbs by highways and FHA mortgages then compounded by white and middle-class flight?
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The Regional Advantage of the Silicon Valley and Its History

Blogged on: March 23, 2007, 3:08 pm
In the 1970's both the Route 128 complex of Boston and the Silicon Valley were centers of high technology industry, but by the 1980's the Route 128 area was stagnating while the Silicon Valley, after experiencing economics shocks, was moving ahead to beco
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